Diving suit



E. J. VALEUR.

DIVING SUIT. APPLICATION FILED DEC-15, 1920.

Patented June 27, 1922".

EMMPU [Karl/e so 10 32a 29 2816 ATTORNY8\\" 777,!

WITNESSES EINAR/{J'EN'SEN VALEUR; or BARAHONAQDOMINIGAN REPUBLICF WEST 'INDIES.

DIVING SUIT;

Sp ecification'pfLettersPateirt. f1gt t jj 27, 2

Application. filed December SeriahNo; 430,822.

To alltuhom it may concern: I 1 I Be it known that LEiNARJENSEN VA LEUR, a citizenoffDenmark, and aresident comprises a" body pro vided withlxdepending glegs- 11 to receive; the

ofthe. user. Onthe-i body 'of the bag.

of Barahona, Dominican Republic, West lQ-at'thesicle. thereo-f,.is.- a lateral extension";

= Indies, have inventedanew and Improved Diving Sou-it, of which the following-is arfull, clear, and exactdescription! Thisinvention .relatestora diving bag, of water. proofmaterial to he worn as a suit, and-ofa character tobeused for example in shallow water, in rivers, in tanks; dams, etc:; for repairing. or. inspecting. ships? hulls, aboutxwharves, bridges, etc.; ,for prospect 'to accommodate: the torsoro the user, said} extension hav ngan' aluminum or other suit;

complementary-to the ba and of a-size ahlehelmet 13 as welli as-sleeves- 14, the sleeves in practice receiving exteriorlysew cured gloves 15;indicated in Figure- 3, and secured-inanyeffective manner;

Tl-ie. baflO has aneck 16 at the top.

throughwiiche the user may pass in enter?v ing or exploring rivers, lakes, and other 1 ing,;.and'lin leaving the bag,the upper endlf oi the. neck advantageously being-g flared'in,

water; for rescuing. the drowningror. recovering the bodies of drowned persons, and 1n other 7 instances. Where. an. ordinary. diving.

outfit is :unpractical or too. expensive, .or. in,-. volves too slow movements on. the. part of the/user A eneralobject offmy invention is to provic e a diving bag for the indicatedpurposes, and to be worn as. a: suit by the. user in sub-surface activities, and of a. character to. permit freedom of movementon thipart ofther user; in moving. with the suit I-about his-work, as wellf asto provide a suitcwith buoyant meansto relieve the wearer o'fTthe weightof the suit. V A further object of theinvention is. to provide a divingbaggof suit form in. which the buoyant. means will-serve to maintain-the suit with itsopen mouthabovethenwater h c p v I v falling-0f the u-pperend of the neck and -ther-buoyantdev-ice- 17, so-thatthe-"neck ac:

surface.

The stated objects. and others as. willap?" pear, are obtained-by the novel. diving bag. and. its appurtenances hereinafter. particu-U I c tical-gdirnension. In'order to hold the'buoylarly described. a

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing; drawing, forminga part i of this: specification, it;being,understood that the drawings are merely-illustrative of. two ,PflFdOble.

cal examples ofthe invention:

Figured ,is'a vertical section of Flgurea guiding means.

Figure 3 1s a an. elevation: of with suspending-1 guiding, and, controlljng, meansa withwhichl. the bag, is: equipped w-henuse'd Where-..there isa current; v

Figure 4: isadiagrammatic plan viewof,

the .ove ThBa-d lwires-.. v p

, My improved bag in the form shownin form .filled with cork or. the like orinflated.

practice, on the neck-16 slightly bel'ow'the upper end thereof, is a. buoyanti ring '17 ex tending" about the neck at'the exterior, and, in practice made! a continuous tubular Thev buoyant device 17 has; an effective buoyancy suificient" to maintain the open upper end'v of the. neck 16 above 'the surface. ot the water; and sufficient at the same 'timetto re lieve the. wearer. ofgthe=weightt=ofi the-body; offthe bag. Thedescrihed. construction and; arrangement of the bodyocfithebag accommod'ates. the user belowthe neck 16 and insures air while under. water and. it) guards. against the floodingv offthe bag.

The lower portion 18 ofith-e neck is given a bellows form. or otherwise made readily extensible "in: response to i the rising. and.

commodates iftselfito waterof various' depthswithin the limits of the bag of' agiven- VGI ends .rbeingisecuredn to eyes: 21' on the bag near" the lower.- end-lief the; extensible. portion lfg ofithe neck 16.- p

, lllylimproved-bag it istoybe noted, is 'so. formed t that the=bagg possesses a. suit char.-

acterto respond to-lthe movements of-Zthe user: iir subrsurface activities.

' Y The lateral extension 12i islflexihlein; all

directions and sufiiciently so- -for the wearer to reach with .his hands the bed .ofigthe river or other body of water a tube. worked... a Under v y a ora le circumstances, th

suit may be employed without overhead suspension or guiding means, and without means to withstand the action of the current, but where the bed of a river is to be worked in a predetermined section, or over given areas in succession, the following instrumentalities are employed. Transverse wires 22, 22 are strung above the river, for example to extend from shore to shore, one wire 22being upstream, and a longitudinal wire or cable 22 extends between the wires 22, 22 A block or other carriage 23 is mounted to travel on the wire 22 up or down stream, and over a pulley 24 runs a suspension rope 25 one end of which is branched at 26, and suitably secured to diametrically opposite sides of the neck 16, the other end of the rope running downward to a cleat 27 on the body 10 of the bag adjacent to the extension 12, to be in convenient reach of the wearer of the bag with his gloved hands. Thus the bag worn as a suit may respond to the forward or backward movement of the user, the block or carriage traveling back or forth along the wire 22. At the same time the rope 25, 26

-- maintains the upper end of the bag above the water surface.

In order to relieve the bag of the action of the river current, a rope 28, the end of which is made fast if it is desired at the cleats 27, runs over a pulley on a block 29 suitably secured as at 30 to the upstream wire 22 adjacent to the longitudinal wire 22, the other end of the rope being made fast to the bag at or adjacent to the lower portion of the neck 16, there being a plurality of branches 31 on the other end of said rope 28 and secured to the bag, the one branch being shown as secured to the adjacent eye 20 on the buoyant device 17, and others extending to eyes 32, 32, the one on the extensible neck portion 18, and the other on body 10 of the bag adjacent to the base of the lateral extension 12. A safety rope 33 hangs from the block or carriage 23, and extends into the body of the bag 10 to be in convenientreach of the wearer that he may climb the rope in an emergency.

In order to relieve the back and neck of the wearer of the weight of the lateral extension 12, said extension in practice has a ball or other suitable float 34 secured to said extension by a suitable flexible connection 35. The body 10 of the bag will in practice have suitable windows 10 and also if desired rings 36 of wood or the like material may be fitted in the neck 16 at different elevations, certain of the rings being positioned in the bellows folds of the extensible neck portion 18. Additional rings 36, 36 maybe fitted in the bag body 10 at the .top and bottom.

In Figure 2 I have shown an attachment 16" forming an extension of the neck 16 and having its upper end 16 laterally disposed so as to open away from the wind. In this case the described suspension rope 25 will extend through the laterally curving upper end of the attachment 16 there being shown a link 25 extending through the material of the extension and secured respectively to the block 23 and rope 25.

lVhile I have shown but one lateral extension 12 and a related pair of legs 11 on the body 10, it will readily be understood that any convenient number of these may be provided about the bag body 10. By the described construction it will readily be understood that the wearer of the bag has perfect freedom for his body and hands in the operation of a pick A or other tool, and also he may conveniently raise or lower the bucket B at the end of a rope G which runs over a pulley D traveling on the longitudinal wire 22*. c

Any suitable fastening means 22 may be employed to secure the ends of the wire 22'? to transverse wires 22, 22*.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated examples constitute practical embodiments of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the details herein illustrated since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A diving device for working in shallow water, adapted to be worn as a suit, to permit the wearer walking about while submerged, said device comprising a vertical body having a buoyant extension at the top, a lateral flexible extension complementary to the said body and adapted to accommodate the torso of the wearer, said lateral extension having a helmet for accommodating wearers head, and flexible arm sleeves, said body having legs adjacent to and below said lateral extension adapted to receive the legs of the wearer when positioned either in the said body or partly in said lateral extension to permit of his walking in either position of his body.

2. A diving device for working in shallow water, adapted to be worn as a suit, to permit the wearer walking about while submerged, said device comprising a body having legs at the bottom, adapted to receive the legs of the wearer, and a flexible lateral extension adapted to accommodate the torso of the wearer, said extension having a helmet for accommodating the wearers head, and flexible arm sleeves. V

3. A diving suit in the form of a bag to be worn by the user to partake of his bodily movements, said bag having a body portion and a neck rising from said body portion to extend above the water surface, overhead suspension means attached to said neck portion, and means on which the suspension means may travel in response to the bodily movements of the bag and wearer.

4:. A diving suit in the form of a bag to be worn by the user to partake of his bodily movements, said bag having a body portion and a neck rising from said body portion to extend above the water surface,-overhead suspension means attached to said neck portion, and means on which the suspension means may travel in response to the bodily movements of the ba and wearer; together with means indeponc ent of the suspension means to optionally relieve the bag of the action of the current when the bag is worn in a stream. 1 r

5. The combination with a diving suit, a

pair of spaced wires adapted to be positioned above a body of water, a longitudinal wire extending between sald first-mentioned wires, a traveler on the longitudinal wire,

suspension means from the traveler to said bag, and optionally variable means forming a connection between the bag and one of said first mentioned wires.

' EINAR JENSEN VALEUR. 

